Rating: K
Pairings: Blink and you'll miss it, Kikyou/Inuyasha
Genre: General
Word Count: 187
Summary: The more she learned about magic, the more she wished she could go back to the days of her youth.
As a child, magic was something out of fairy tale; something mystical and wonderful and all too good to be true. It was a beautiful thing, something that could only be good. It had never occurred to her that even magic could be tainted by evil.
Years later, a trip through the well had shown her the truth. Magic was not as wonderful as it seemed. It had shattered an innocent relationship resulting in a hanyou pinned to a tree and a miko dying. An entire family was cursed while others were shattered in a heartbeat. A once powerful miko sold her soul for eternal youth and beauty while another was forced to live in a world she had long since departed. A seemingly innocent jewel held the power to grant wishes, though it was not to be taken lightly. Magic was even responsible for the creation of a monster called Naraku.
The more she learned about magic, the more she wished she could go back to the days of her youth. Magic was something powerful, something that could destroy just as easily as it could heal.